SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1937.
NERHASKAN
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TIIIKTY-SIXTII YEAH
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If Nebraska possesses any comparative Inferi
ority as a university community, one cause high on
the list would be tho failure of tlio administration
to provide the Inspiration and guidance for students
that celebrated speakers and artists might afford
In acquiring- a rich cultural background.
Dr. Howard Kirkpatrick. director of the univer
sity school of music, recently made a survey of
musical and lecture convocations found in sur
rounding schools. While Colorado students heard
Roland Hayes and Rudolf Ganz, as Minnesota un
dergraduates listened to Kristin Flagstadt and
Laurltz Melohior, and Iowa's programs included
artists from Jascha Heifetz to the St. Louis sym
phony, Nebraska students were still finding week
end diversion in Donald Duck's latest release at an
O street theater.
The quality of Nebraska's convocation speak
ers reflected a marked Improvement this year, but
we have yef to hear such a speaker as Will Durant,
for instance, who toured universities on the lecture
circuit this year.
This suggestion cannot be discarded with the
usual answer "it would cost too much." Other
schools have found that low priced season tickets
have financed their programs. If there is a mar
ket for thousands of athletic tickets on this cam
pus at $6.00, it would seem a fair fraction of that
number would have an extra dollar left for a sea
son's pass to a series of great artists convocation.
Nor woidd the university need to assume all
financial responsibility. A compromise plan might
involve the production of the series by an outside
agent, who would exchange a low student rate on
tickets for a reduced rate on the coliseum.
With the permission of the Student Council, the
Nebraskan will test the sentiment of student voters
in Tuesday's election on an improved convocation
series. If you believe such a plan has merit, your
vote will be an additional ultimatum to the admin
istration for action.
We Hate to Make It
Personal, Frank, Butt-
Friday's editorial columns were devoted to
Frank Landis' Ivy day oration.
Mr. Landis presented, with all the skill of his
chosen profession, the case for the university. He
established his premises well.
We wouldn't have said a thing about Mr. Lan
dis' oration had it not been for the nasty practice
the "metropolitan" newspapers have of picking the
misguided statements out of an otherwise harmless
speech.
We wish to quarrel with his conclusions
rather, his final vituperative belchings.
In our opinion, the most significant statement
Mr." Landis made concerned the approach to his
subject: "I could think of no better subject than a
student's idea of the university, her needs, and her
relation to the state." Beyond doubt, his viewpoint
was no wider than the limits he drew. Possibly
that was his conception of his duty, to expound stu
dent opinion. But the level of his "student opin
ion" was degraded when he took advantage of his
office to flaunt charges of "stupidity and ig
norance" in the face of legislators. His study of
the problem was childishly superficial: his charges
were misdirected.
It would, however, be more fun to point out
certain inconsistencies which make his name call
ing ridiculous. In showing the importance of the
university as a "vital force" in the state, he com
ments: "Out from this campus go all types and
manners of men university trained. These grad
uates heal our sick, teach our children, build our
bridges. . . . and pass the laws that govern our
very life." If that's tho best this university can do
graduate "Ignorant and stupid" legislators we
suggest that tho responsibility for its present con
dition belongs on its own doorstep.
While Mr. Landis viewed with alarm the
"choking off of Intellectual and cultural influences
that flow from this Institution to every corner of
the state," he indicted the "present policy of the
governor and tho legislature." If Mr. Landis had
studied the record vote on legislative bill 443, whiv
provided for a one-half mill building levy for state
institutions, he would have discovered that the leg
islators who voted against the bill were outnum
bered exactly two to one. One member was absent;
the measure failed to pass with the majority re
quired for an emergency clause by one vote.
Mr. Landis indicted the policy of the governor
and It members of the legislature in terms of
sabotage directed toward "reducing the standards
of learning of men." The governor is a graduate
of this university. In addition, it would probably
shock Mr. Landis to know that there was a greater
percentage of University of Nebraska graduates in
the group opposing the measure than there was
supporting it.
The policies of the governor, the 14 legislators
who voted against 334, and the 28 who voted for
334, are identical in relation to the future develop
ment of the university. They all favor a planned
building program. They differ on the most oppor
tune time to launch such a program.
Mr. Landis blamed the ugly dust clouds that
hung over Lincoln on the day of voting as the
"psychological" cause of the measure's defeat. He
calls it "unwarranted"; farmers who play the board
of trade would call such a reaction "damn smart."
Dust storms, however, weren't the only "psy
chological" factors that might have influenced the
votes of those 14 senators. That same week, legis
lators read a report of the state tax commissioner,
disclosing that assessment evaluation on personal
property in eastern Nebraska had dropped to an
average point 20 percent lower than the previous
biennium. They were just learning thnt the fed
eral government was reaoy to hoist the burden of
relief on their shoulders. A few strikes and threat
ened riots in Omaha were enough to complete the
"illusion" that prosperity's corner was still a bit
distant.
Another "psychological" factor that was tre
mendously underrated at the time was the issue
of the student union building. The senator who
stressed this subject has had two sons in the uni
versity, yet to him, the situation paralleled the case
of a family on relief driving a new car, regardless
of the fact that a loan company had willingly
financed it.
It is our opinion that the chief cause of mis
understanding over the university's current finan
cial troubles is the failure to realize that the uni
versity is a tax supported institution. No educa
tional system can be the ideal of scholars when
support must come from fluctuating tax sources.
But the contribution that state supported schools
have made to the cause of education is far too
great to warrant any general condemnation of the
system.
Lest Mr. Landis counter a charge of incon
sistency on our part, we should like to make this
point: The Nebraskan believed in the need of L. B.
334 when it was before the legislature, and directed
its efforts toward passage. Those needs still exist,
but it is an impossibility to fill them during the
next two years by launching a building program.
Nothing can be gained, in the meantime, by
trying to misinterpret the motives that one extra
senator had in opposing the bill. If criticism can
iiid the university, it will have to be self criticism.
Some day, an Ivy day orator is going to offer
suggestions to improve the university that don't
involve buck passing. There are plenty of them,
Mr. Landis, plenty.
M. CHRISTENSEN
WINS TOP HONORS
IN SORORITY RIDE
(Continued from Page 1.)
ridden by Dr. Whitman.
Third: Shrrve's Jancy Brown rlddrn
by Bud Bhrtvf.
Fourth: Llojd Martl'i Cicrro ridden by
Everett Dawaon.
Local five caitrd saddle hnrara:
First: Charlns Dsvis- Ruth Bryant rid
den by Charlei Davis.
Second: Mr.'. CiarH McBndr's Royal
Chestnut ridden by Mrs. McBrlde.
Third: Rundlovlch Bros., Top Fltcht, rid
den by Swede Hummel.
Fourth: Sandlnv-rh Bun., Headliner rid
den by John Kandlovioh.
Iocal ladies seat and hands:
First-Marls Chriitenaen riding Rex
Rnval.
Second-Mary Gavin rldlne Pure Cold.
Third Mrs. C'.-'K McBncle riding Royal
Chestnut.
Fourth Boots Nelson riding Ruth Bry
nt. Interaority r dlnr elass
First Marie Chrlstensen, Kappa Alpha
Theia.
second: Nan Talbot. Delta Gamma.
Third Elsie Carlson, unaffiliated.
Fourth: Marion Watte. Delta liamma.
Fine harness class Open to all.
First Rlclia pi Faulkner's Chief of Lan
caster. hecond: F. F. vVellnian tt Sons Grand
Xlonor.
Third Corae Brandels' Beautiful Maid.
Fourth: Oeu Sitiael s Entr.
Three falted waddle horses Open to all.
First Mari!n Bllllnga' Artlata Dream
riddea by Tom Walsh.
Second Richard Faulkner'a Sweet All
Son ridden br Mr. Faulkner.
Third Oeorse Brandels' Anacatho Hllo
ridden by Betty Panton.
Fourth George Brandels' Independence
Prince ridden by Hugh Clow.
Ladles seat and bands open to all
First Mrs. Francis Martland ndlnr.
Fashion.
Second Marls Chrlstensen riding Res
Roval.
Thh-1 Varv Gavin Mdlns Pure Gold.
Founi. Beiiy Paatoa riding Pegay Van
F1v galled saddle horses open to all.
First . Genrrs PrandeiS' Perey Van Sant
ridden by Mrs. Francis Martland
necfmd: Marilyn Billinga' Artists Dream
n11en by Tot.i Walsh
Third: Geotie Branrteis- Marchlngon rid
den tiv Clarenr ToHas
Fdirth: F. A Wellman S.u" King
'T'At nddea b Roliand Weiiman.
Modified Olympic npen to all
rirst: Boomer Bros., Blue ridden r-y
Lowell Bonnier
Second: Dr. i. A. Arkerman'a Romany
ridden bv Dr. Ackermnn
I Third: Centre Swcasey'a Babe ridden by-
Mrs, fiweasev
Fourth: Dr. Roy Whitman's Fire Bug
ridden by Dr. Whitman.
Officials who presided during the
performance included: judge, Mr.
E. A. Trowbridge, chairman of
the animal husbandry department
at the University of Missouri,
ringmaster, Clyde White, and an
nouncer, Ralph Boomer.
Levy Bill's Defeat by One
Vote Has 1925 Precedent
(Continued from Page 1.)
of the cost was met by the issu
ance of bonds thru the university
dormitory building corporation.
In 1933 Governor Bryan again
recommended no money for uni
versity building purposes. Efforts
to push an appropriation thru any
wav failed, just as they did in
1935. The story of the building
levy bill in the 1937 unicameral
legislature is now history. Opposed
by Governor Cochran, it neverthe
less reached the stae -.r final
passage, only to lack the fatal one
vote to give it the necessary
emergency clause.
1939 seems far distant now,
another unicameral will soon be
gathering for the second chapter
of Nebraska a unique legislative
setuD. What treatment the uni
versity's hopes for new buildings
will receive at that time is a
matter of conjecture. But if the
next two years bring renewed
prosperity and confidence with re
vived crops, it seems not too much
to expect that that fatal -ote will
swing to the ayes, and Nebraska's
twelve years dormant building
program will be resumed.
ROY GREEN DISCUSSES
NEED OF REGISTERING
ENGINEERS OF STATE
(Continued from Page 1.)
services the wisdom of the state
in approving this type of regula
tion. Honor Roger Wallace.
Following the talk, Roger V.
Wallace, as the most outstanding
engineering student this year, was
awarded the O. J. Fee award and
the A. S. M. E. junior membership
award based on scholarship and
presentation of technical papers.
Other presentations Included:
award in civil engineering, Clark
E. Mickey; chemical engineering
society key, Harold Hafner; blue
print award, Lowell Newmyer; and
freshman scholarship, G. K. Gillan.
Civil engineers were given awards
for field day work, and mechani
cal engineers for engineers' week
contest.
This year s presentation of the
picture of some outstanding engi
neer in the country was the pic
ture of J. F. Stevens of Baltimore,
consulting railroad -engineer, pre
sented by Sigma Tau, honorary en
gineering society. Members of the
new blue print staff were an
nounced. The staff will include:
Harry Langston, general manager;
G. K. Gillan. editor; and G. R.
Jameson, business manager.
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navy nrohe Into all the cir
cumstances surrounding tha de
struction of the German seppe
lln Hlndenburg began Saturday.
The U. S. department of com
merce will begin hearings Mon
day and German aviation ex
perts will investigate later. The
toll of deaths mounted to 35
with the death of Captain Leh
mnnn, former commander of the
airship, whose knowledge of
perhaps valuable Information
concerning the sudden mystery
of the air died with him. The
giant dirigible which has crossed
the Atlantic 20 times without a
serious mishap, has now pro
voked many theories on its de
struction. Was it sabotage?
Was It some radical bent on the
destruction of any semblance of
a $52,575 purse while some
from a backfire that ignited the
highly explosive hydrogen? The
holocaust that destroyed the
world's greatest lighter than air
craft and a third of its passen
gers and crew will go down In
the annals of aviation history as
the worst tragedy ever.
e
CONFIDENCE vote was over-
whelniinclv delivered to Premier
Blum by the French chamber of
deputies Saturday. The vote came
to 380 to 199 in favor of the con
tinunnee of the socialistic Drem-
ier's policies, after the chamber
had debated for two days on the
premier's policies centering around
the application of the 40 hour
week.
WAR ADMIRAL led all the
way home Saturday to capture
a $50,000 purse while some
75,000 spectators jammed the
Churchill Downs to witness the
63rd showing of the Kentucky
derby. Samuel D. Riddle's
speedy little 3 year old son of
Man O' War crossed the finish
line a good two lengths ahead
of all of the horses represent
ing the turf's foremost blue rib
bon -stables, running in No. 1
position next to the rail. Odds
on War Admiral stood at 2 to 1
to win and of the half million
dollars shoved thru the mutuel
windows, a good $250,000 went
on Man O' War's offspring.
Henry McLemore the first man
to recognize the similarity of
the state house's "Sower" to an
ignoble "crap shooter" picked
Military to win, and as has be
come a time honored tradition,
Colonel McLemore (who joking
ly picked Pitt over Nebraska
last fall) failed to hit the nail
on the head as is his wont.
'Best Low-Priced Car' Gets
Plug from 'Fossil Bed' State
(Continued from Page 1.)
braska," i. c. after announcer Du
mont had assured his listeners that
there was no car like the Pontiac
and that tonight its makers were
giving the University of Nebraska
the privilege of selling their
product. After the last note had
subsided. Coach Dumont threw up
his arms and everybody responded
with applause, quitting only after
he had lowered his arms, for that
was the signal to stop.
Two of the dramatic depart
ment's honor students took the
microphone to read the lines of
Gen. John J. Pershing, and Willa
Cather in a supposed conversation
when they " were schoolmates at
Nebraska. Others of the dramatic
department and some of the camp
us' brighter lights read testimon
ials on the greater distance you
can get on a gallon of gas if your
car only has an Indian on the
radiator cap.
Boehm, Master Singers Perform.
Don Boehm and the Master
Singers did well on the hit song
of the late Kosmet Klub show,
"I'm Ridin' Back to Arizona,"
composed by Wilbur Chenoweth.
Mr. Held undoubtedly lost the
page of his script which was in
tended to suggest that they might
have been ridin' back in a Pontiac
for it never got onto the air.
Even Dr. Wimberly of the Eng
lish department made his little
contribution to the broadcast, as
Mr. Dumont borrowed his little
New Deal
Barber Shop
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of tho script, which he had em
ployed so humorousl In the Journ
alism gridiron banquet.
Templeton "Tickles Ribs."
It was only after all this diffi
culty that Mr. Held got around to
introducing Warroiv Templeton,
who "tickled the ribs" of some
prehistoric animal on what Is be
lieved to be the only bonophone
in existence. But, lo, what what
could have been moro appropriate
tuno to roll from those rotting old
bones as they rattled in their
framo than "Homo, Home on the
Uange?" Immediately after tho
"100,00" patrons and "24.000,000"
listeners were reminded that the
broadcast was originating way out
here in the cow country as the
ocarlno trio did "I'm an Old Cow
Hand."
The winners of both the fra
ternity and sorority flings sang the
songs of their brotherhood and
sisterhood, and the choir contrib
uted "Blow Trumpet Blow."
Thomas MacManus, a fifteen year
old freshman played "Gypsy Airs"
ns a violin solo, and Pontiac stock
soared up another point.
"Hall Varsity" Ends program.
Tho university symphony orches
tra, although undoubtedly less ef
fective as an automobile Bales
agent, did its little bit to make the
program "one of the brightest of
tho series. As the clock closed In
on tho program, and only a few
seconds were left to publicize the
university, the extra cast sang.
"Hail Varsity."
As a program, tho broadcast
Friday night was unusually good.
There were no noticeable weak
spots and the wholo thing ran off
rather smoothly. There were only
two things that was presented
about the broadcast. One is that we
weren't sitting beside a certain in-
All oampus organizations
wishing to apply for space In
tha ttudent union building must
make application In the alumni
secretary's office In the Temple
at once. No group will be con
sidered unless they have filled
out an application blank before
May 15.
structor who advocates publicizing
the university at any cost. The
other is that tho administration
wasn't consistent with its previous
policy, and should have done a lit
tle Inexpensive advertising for tl-e
Bulck corporation Instead of tl
makers of the Pontine.
FALL REGISTERING
BEGINS MONDAY,
TO CLOSE MAY 1"
(Continued from Page 1.1
should be registered for a corr
pany on Wednesday or Friday
mornings, wherever possible.,
Urge Early Registration.
"No student can be sure of hav
ing a schedulo fitted to his hours
of employment," Dr. Congdon
stated, "unless he registers before
Wednesday."
Registration is not completed
until fees are paid. A late fee will
be charged all students who do
not see their advisers or whose
applications are not in the offices
of their respective deans by
May 15 at noon. No student will
be allowed to register twice. If re
registration Is necessary, the stu
dent will have to wait until the
next week and pay a late regis
tration fee. A statement of fees
will be mailed each student before
Aug. 14.
KEIM SETS JUNE 15 AS
AGRONOMISTS FIELD DAY
Several Hundred Farmers
To Attend Annual
Convention.
Dr. F. D. Kelm, chairman of tho
agronomy department, today an
nounced the annual Nebraska
agronomy field dHy will be held on
tho campus Tuesday, June 16. Sev
eral hundred farm people usually
attend.
Although the tentative program
Is not yet drawn, the morning
hours will probably be spent listen,
ing to crop talka. During the aft
ernoon, visitors will tour the
agronomy farm, east of Lincoln,
to Inspect experimental plata of
small grain, alfalfa and other
crops.
The 1037 program should be
more Interesting than last year
due to the fact that crops at the
agronomy farm are considered in
excellent shape. Last year tho
wheat was practically gone by
field day time and other plats
looked far from encouraging. This
year the winter wheat probably
will look good and the other ex
perimental crops are expected to
be In better shape than for several
years.
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The weather man says that the
sun will he shining tomorrow
Of that we are certain.
Our guess is that students w ill
he wearing clothes tomorrow.
Of course we doirt have any
survey to prove it9 hut we are
fairly sure of this.
We also have a pretty good idea
Ihat these clothes have to be
nought, it-s a pretty good bet
that they don't grow on trees.
31 oreover, the majority of these
are bought in Lincoln.
Over a million dollars is spent
annually by students in this
city. It is the opportunity of
every Lincoln merchant to tap
this source. The Daily Nebras
kan reaches 81 per-cent of buy
ing power of the students and
faculty of this university. It is
the best way of getting the at
ention of this market. Adver
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